Last month, to kick off the debut of his novel Amerikan Krazy, author Henry James Korn did a reading to a standing room only crowd at the venerable Chevalier’s Books in Los Angeles. Bert Deixler, a law partner at Kendall Brill Kelly LLP and co-owner of Chevalier’s, welcomed guests and introduced Amerikan Krazy’s publisher as well as author Henry James Korn who animated his reading by impersonating numerous characters from the novel. After the reading Henry answered some questions and inscribed several dozen copies to awaiting fans while everyone enjoyed wine and cheese.

Here we present an audio version of a portion of the evening’s proceedings for those looking for just a small taste of what Amerikan Krazy has to offer. For those interested, Henry also posted some photos of the event on his blog.

Yesterday, at the opening of the BC Space Gallery exhibition of Amerikan Krazy: Life Out of Balance, author Henry James Korn read chapter 18 entitled “Inside the Whale” of his debut novel Amerikan Krazy to a packed house that quickly became standing room only.

Henry may have a few choice things to say about the privatization of the Orange County Great Park in the context of his novel Amerikan Krazy which is also about the corporate capture of every single square inch of public and private psychological and physical space in the universe.

HUGE thanks to everyone who caucused at the Super Wednesday launch party for Amerikan Krazy by Henry James Korn at Chevalier’s Books, one of Southern California’s premier independent booksellers. This venerable Los Angeles literary Mecca, founded in 1940, drew a standing room only crowd comprising lovers of socio-political satire and art, film, and book world friends of the author and publisher.

Henry James Korn’s first book Exact Change, now available as an e-book, is a collection of short form fiction that includes memorable stories King Kong in the Kitchen, The Condemned of Altoona, and One Thing Perfectly Clear. It also contains one of his earliest modular experimental efforts The Pontoon Manifesto which was published separately in a variety of formats.